Botticelli, August 2025

Thread Games
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New Botticelli thread here.

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I am not Huckleberry Hound

Take 2 DQs

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1 is correct.
2 was Hercules Grytpype-Thynne.
3 was Hesiod.

DQs:

  1. Real?
  2. Male?
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H

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
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IQ1: Was a series of books starring you taken over by girls?
IQ2: Did Donald Kaul say you would be facing a jury of your peers (well, your financial inferiors but intellectual superiors – it would all balance out)?
IQ3: Were you a priest who rode a morse named Klootz?

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I am not the Hardy Boys
Take 2 (or 3) DQs

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Henry Huggins
Patty Hearst
Hiero

DQ1: Originally from prose fiction?
DQ2: American creator(s)?
DQ3: American character?

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(a bit belated, but) Botticelli rules and FAQ are here.

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Good call on Rosemary Clooney, knoodler!

IQs:

  1. Did you design the LCVP?
  2. Did you manage the Murderer’s Row-era New York Yankees?
  3. Do you sing lead for Spinal Tap?
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IQs:

  1. Are you one of the Seven Dwarfs?
  2. Did you write Siddhartha?
  3. Were you aka Erik Weisz?
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I am not David St. Hubbins
Take 2 DQs

I am not Happy
Take 2 DQs

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H

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Originally from prose fiction
  4. American creator
  5. Not American character
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The first two were Andrew Higgins and Miller Huggins.

Higgins, Huggins and Hubbins - sounds like a law firm!

DQs:

  1. European character?
  2. Last name starts with H?
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H it is.

IQs:

Although often mistaken for a Frenchman, did you always note that you were, in fact, Belgian?
Were you a Civil War general known, among other things, for his nervous habit of rubbing his elbows?
Are you a non-American featured in the decor of the U.S. House of Representatives?

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Congrats! I got hung up on Patsy Cline.

IQs:

  1. Did you win 5 Gold Medals in speedskating at the 1980 Winter Olympics?
  2. Were you Simon Templar’s long time girlfriend?
  3. Did Carter Dickson write mysteries starring you?
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I am not Hercule Poirot [sp?]
Take 2 DQs

Take 3 DQs

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H

  1. Fictional
  2. Male
  3. Originally from prose fiction
  4. American creator
  5. Not American character
  6. Not a European character
  7. Last name starts with H
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IQs:

  1. Did you wear the dress you were almost married in for the rest of your life?
  2. Are you #1s’ adopted daughter?
  3. Did you organize the Committee for Relief in Belgium?
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Take 3 DQs

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Miss Havisham and Estelle, the daughter she brought up to break Pip’s heart, in Great Expectations; and Herbert Hoover.

DQs:

Human character?
Creator is alive?

1 DQ reserved.